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Wednesday, May 19, 2004
i love only having 3 classes instead of like...7 or 8 =P
So today i was sitting in the computer lab checking my email and i had gotten this really nice essay from my friend Omi in new york. it's pretty neat...i thought i'd share some of it with you guys. definetly made me think about myself ^_^;; we all need improvement tho, ne? otherwise we wouldn't be so human.
"I was thinking today in physical education as every was playing softball, and while it wasnt yet my turn to bat. I told Jacky Tibbett and Mike about how I had my first bowl, and apparantly, that seemed to impress them. Now I ask, is it that impressive that I took a single hit? Is it anything to be particularly proud of or even brag about?
I think think someone who smokes it once in a while should feel that its at all wrong, as long as they can control themselves, but at the same time, why is such petty, pathetically trivial rebellion so cool? Apparantly, someone becomes cooler with every shot they drink and brag about, someone becomes more interesting every time they toke up.
But what is rebellion? What is strength? Is strength resistence or acceptance? Is rebellion rebelling from authority, or rebelling from what is common (common being rebelling from authority)
What is non-conformity? Refusing to conform to the rules or refusing to conform to all of the student who refuse to follow the rules or refusing to conform to the non conformists?
Is conformity wholly wrong? Is non conformity wholly right? Is anything the masses do really right or really wrong?
I asked myself today, is morality something that people hide behind to defend themselves from things they don't understand, or is it a standard of decency which is meant for the common good of society that only the brave are courageous enough to bear?
There is no question that people's idea of right and wrong will always change, which leads me to believe, that the only right and wrong is whatever does no permanent physical or mental damage to someone, but what about the gray area of emotional pain?
How can we classify that? How can we measure the emotional burden or find the severity of an emotional injury that someone can sustain from someone else or that someone can inflict upon someone else?
There are two approaches to take to this. One would be the religious/spiritual/ and ultimately humanist appraoch, which is to treat others as you wish to be treated. This rule is confined to no one religion, that is, no sect or group has a monopoly on this idea."
I enjoyed it...ne? People make me laugh...and hey, that includes me too. I need to laugh at myself more. screw being serious! i'm on..well, almost... vacation! w00t! summer is here! life is beautiful, life is sweet...we're cool, we're the offbeats! damn i miss that nick show. good times watching kablam and all that shit back in the day. anyway, time to go make fun of my freshman slaves =P ...life is a party, isn't it. lets all be invited ^^
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